Answer:
a) Is Santhosh required to increase his withholding or make estimated tax payments this year to avoid the underpayment penalty?
- No he is not required to make any payments or increase his withholdings because this year's withholdings already represent a 133% increase with respect to last year's tax liability. If the withholdings for the current are over 100% last year's tax liability, then the taxpayer doesn't need to make any further adjustments in order to avoid underpayment penalties.
b) By how much, if any, must Santhosh increase his withholding and/or estimated tax payments for the year to avoid underpayment penalties?
Answer:
Instructions are listed below.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Direct Labor Variances Dvorak Company produces a product that requires 3 standard hours per unit at a standard hourly rate of $17 per hour. If 1,000 units required 2,800 hours at an hourly rate of $16.50 per hour.
A)
Direct labor price variance= (SR - AR)*AQ
Direct labor price variance=(17 - 16.5)*2,800= 1,400 favorable
B) Direct labor efficiency variance= (SQ - AQ)*standard rate
Direct labor efficiency variance= (3,000 - 2,800)*17= 3,400 favorable
C) Total direct labor variance= -1400 - 3400= -4,800 favorable
Answer:
As a result of the political unrest in Libya, the supply of oil would fall, As a result the supply curve would shift to the left. This would lead to fall in equilibrium quantity and a rise in price.
The increased demand for oil would shift the demand curve to the right. The equilibrium price and quantity would increase
Taking these two effects together, equilibrium price would rise and there would be an indeterminate effect on equilibrium quantity
Please check the attached image for a graph showing these shifts
b. As a result of the change in supply, supply would increase. This would increase equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price would fall. in addition with the increase in demand for oil, equilibrium quantity would rise and there would be an indeterminate effect on equilibrium quantity
Explanation: